《腎臟國際》(KI)正在經歷令人興奮的變化，將在2006年第一期看到。新的KI提供了對讀者和作者都有重要好處的特性。在這里你會發現一些在腎病學中被引用最多的原創文章，尖銳的焦點評論，最新的成像技術，有爭議的討論等等。重新設計的期刊每年將發行頻率提高到24期，新的編輯團隊ISN和NPG將為讀者提供最好的腎臟學知識。腎臟國際致力于腎臟研究。旨在向腎臟研究者和實踐腎臟病學家提供腎臟研究的各個方面的信息。這些研究包括：關于腎臟醫學新發展的最新臨床研究；臨床和基礎腎臟研究的最高水平的原始研究；在每個問題上，這些條款中的一些條款將通過評注加以強調，目的是將這些研究置于適當的背景下。這些將成為臨床和基礎研究者的研究工具；突出國際腎病學中重要問題的社論；腎病學研究的前沿----偶爾發表的簡短文章，討論世界各地腎學家關心的地方問題；但我們認為需要讓全世界的腎病學家了解這些問題；對熱點話題的微觀評論和對腎臟研究中主要問題的深入評論；關于腎臟治療或診斷的有爭議的討論，由兩個對立的權威撰寫；最先進的教材，包括腎臟會診和臨床病理會議，著名的臨床醫生在這些會議上討論由多種病理、影像研究和圖表顯示的困難或有趣的病例；腎臟醫學圖像，這些圖像是腎臟病理學中有趣圖像的展示；選擇放射學是因為其說明性或僅僅是為了其審美品質；對國際腎臟界具有重要意義的問題，包括籌資政治；器官移植、透析的充分性、全世界對終末期腎臟護理的可負擔性和許多其他專題問題；期刊俱樂部是為您帶來最新研究重點的概要，從廣泛的期刊領域與腎臟研究有關。

Kidney International (KI) is undergoing exciting changes to be seen in the first 2006 issue. The new KI offers features with premier benefits for both readers and authors. Here you will find some of the most cited original articles in nephrology, sharply focused reviews, latest imaging techniques, controversial discussions and much more. The redesigned journal increases its frequency to 24 issues per year, and together, the new Editorial team, ISN, and NPG will offer readers the very best of nephrology. Kidney International devotes itself to renal research. It aims to inform the renal researcher and the practicing nephrologist on all aspects of renal research. These include: The latest clinical studies on emerging developments in renal medicine; The highest level of original research studies in clinical and basic renal research; In each issue some of these articles will be highlighted by commentaries that aim to put these studies in the appropriate context. These will form a research tool for clinical and basic investigators; Editorials that highlight important issues in international nephrology; Nephrology sans Frontieres - occasional short articles that discuss matters of local interest to nephrologists around the world, but which we feel need to be known by nephrologists world-wide; Minireviews on hot topics and in depth reviews about major issues in renal research; Controversial discussions on renal therapeutics or diagnosis written by two opposing authorities; State-of-the-Art teaching materials including The Renal Consults and clinico-pathological conferences where eminent clinicians discuss difficult or interesting cases illustrated by multiple pathology, imaging studies and charts; Nephrology Images which are presentations of interesting images in renal pathology, radiology chosen for their illustrative nature or simply for their esthetic qualities; Issues of importance to the international renal community including the politics of funding; of organ transplantation, of adequacy of dialysis, of world-wide affordability of end stage renal care and many other topical issues; Journal Club are synopses that bring you the latest research highlights from across a wide spectrum of journals in fields relevant to renal research.